Tabelle 2. Handball-Bundesliga
| Pl. | Verein | Sp. | S | U | N | Tore | Diff. | Punkte |
| Quelle: SIS-Handball - Stand: 17.05.2012 | ||||||||
| 1. | TSV GWD Minden | 35 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 1105:930 | 175 | 55:15 |
| 2. | TUSEM Essen | 35 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 959:892 | 67 | 49:21 |
| 3. | TV 1893 Neuhausen | 35 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 1011:965 | 46 | 44:26 |
| 4. | HC Erlangen | 35 | 19 | 3 | 13 | 880:827 | 53 | 41:29 |
| 5. | ThSV Eisenach | 35 | 20 | 1 | 14 | 983:931 | 52 | 41:29 |
| 6. | SC DHfK Leipzig | 35 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1009:1002 | 7 | 41:29 |
| 7. | TV Emsdetten | 35 | 19 | 1 | 15 | 978:963 | 15 | 39:31 |
| 8. | ASV Hamm-Westfalen | 35 | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1010:933 | 77 | 38:32 |
| 9. | HSG Nordhorn-Lingen | 35 | 19 | 0 | 16 | 1018:994 | 24 | 38:32 |
| 10. | SG BBM Bietigheim | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 1086:1112 | -26 | 36:36 |
| 11. | TSG Ludwigshafen-Friesenheim | 36 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 967:997 | -30 | 34:38 |
| 12. | VfL Bad Schwartau | 35 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 991:1001 | -10 | 33:37 |
| 13. | TV Bittenfeld | 35 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 996:1017 | -21 | 33:37 |
| 14. | HG Saarlouis | 35 | 14 | 5 | 16 | 1031:1058 | -27 | 33:37 |
| 15. | SV Post Schwerin | 35 | 15 | 3 | 17 | 947:978 | -31 | 33:37 |
| 16. | DHC Rheinland | 35 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 908:947 | -39 | 25:45 |
| 17. | 1. VfL Potsdam | 35 | 12 | 1 | 22 | 987:1059 | -72 | 25:45 |
| 18. | HC Empor Rostock | 35 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 978:1072 | -94 | 24:46 |
| 19. | TV Korschenbroich | 35 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 1015:1072 | -57 | 23:47 |
| 20. | HSG Düsseldorf | 35 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 881:990 | -109 | 17:53 |